Dwight Norton

Dwight Norton currently serves as the Chief Planning & Capital Projects Officer for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, having held various leadership roles within the organization, including Interim Chief of Planning & Infrastructure and Senior Director of Strategic and Long-Range Planning since March 2021. Prior to this, Dwight co-founded Umbrella Collaborative, L3C, and served as Principal from June 2019 to February 2021. Dwight's experience also includes serving as the Urban Mobility Coordinator for the City of New Orleans, where responsibilities included coordinating transportation policy and launching the city's bike share program. In earlier roles, Dwight was the Director of Planning at GCR Inc., focusing on urban planning and economic development initiatives, and held positions as a Senior Analyst at TMG Consulting and a Transportation Planner at Fehr & Peers. Academic qualifications include a Certificate in Urban Redevelopment from the University of Pennsylvania and advanced degrees in Engineering from UCLA and Northwestern University.